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S.W.A.T. helps clean up Bob Jones Nature Center
Submitted photo. One of the youngest members of Southlake S.W.A.T. helps spread mulch at the Bob Jones Nature Center.
By Bill Conrad, bconrad@acnpapers.com
More than 100 volunteers descended on the Bob Jones Nature Center Saturday morning to help clean up the park.
The volunteers were members of Southlake Working as a Team (S.W.A.T.), a community service group organized by Pastor Clayton Reed of Southlake Baptist Church.
“Our goal at Southlake Baptist Church was to create an organization like Southlake S.W.A.T. that capitalizes on the enormous resources of different constituencies in Southlake that typically don’t work together,” Reed said. “We wanted to create a sense of community and teamwork for the betterment of the city.”
The project was the second by S.W.A.T. this summer. The first project, in early July, mainly involved members of the Southlake Baptist Church and focused on cleaning up Carroll High School. The church meets at the school every Sunday morning. Church members pruned trees, cleaned out flower beds and picked up trash.
“This effort was a tangible way that our church could use our resources and abilities to give back into our community,” Zach Polyak, a care pastor at the church, said after the CHS project. “The Carroll ISD graciously works with Southlake Baptist, providing a place for us to meet, and it was our privilege to give a little back. We look forward to helping out in other areas of our community in the future.”
Reed said the turnout on Saturday included members of the city council, city boards and a local Boy Scout troop. Even with the strong turnout, Reed said he has plans to grow S.W.A.T. into something even larger.
“This was a great start, but it could be the beginning of something huge,” Reed said. “We are hoping to make this a quarterly event where we target multiple venues and have 500-1,000 Southlake residents in attendance. The city and school don’t have a lot of revenue, but we have talented people and great resources in this city. Even without the excess revenue, we can keep the city looking nice.”
Reed said the group’s next project will likely be in November, once the weather cools down. He said the specific project has not been chosen yet and the group is taking suggestions.
For information on Southlake S.W.A.T., visit www.southlakeswat.com.
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